I couldn't sleep last night, as inspired as I was having begun to read Carl Jung's Liber Novus, his "Red Book." My first impression is that this is a massive tome at 16x12x2'' it is easily the largest book I've ever laid hand on, and just turning the pages takes a substantial effort. The Liber Novus is Jung's account of his decades long process of psychological and subconscious self experimentation, through a technique called "active imagination " a process th 12.1.09 This publication of The Red Book is a watershed that will cast new light on the making of modern psychology.ġ2.1.09 I couldn't sleep last night, as inspired as I was having begun to read Carl Jung's Liber Novus, his "Red Book." My first impression is that this is a massive tome at 16x12x2'' it is easily the largest book I've ever laid hand on, and just turning the pages takes a substantial effort. It is an astonishing example of calligraphy and art on a par with The Book of Kells and the illuminated manuscripts of William Blake. Now, in a complete facsimile and translation, it is available to scholars and the general public. While Jung considered The Red Book to be his most important work, only a handful of people have ever seen it. Here he developed his principle theories-of the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the process of individuation-that transformed psychotherapy from a practice concerned with treatment of the sick into a means for higher development of the personality. Here he developed his principle theories-of the archetypes, the collective unconscious, and the process of individuation-that transformed psychotherapy from a practice When Carl Jung embarked on an extended self-exploration he called it his “confrontation with the unconscious,” the heart of it was The Red Book, a large, illuminated volume he created between 19. When Carl Jung embarked on an extended self-exploration he called it his “confrontation with the unconscious,” the heart of it was The Red Book, a large, illuminated volume he created between 19.
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